Bottle-capping device



H. H. WAMPLER.

BOTTLE CAPPING DEVICE. APPLICAHON FILED IAN.24,192L

Patented Apr. 25, 19 22.

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APPLICATION men mu. 24. 1921.

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n!!! IHI 9- 4 1, 4 ATTORNEY A UNITED STATES HOMER HJWAMPLER, or DAYTON, oHIoL BOTTLE-GAPPING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

A Application filed January 24, 1921. Serial No. 439,415.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HOMER H. VVAMPLER,

a citizen of the. United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Capping V Devices, of which the following is a specification.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a bottle-capping device which contains a rotatable member that carries a series of 1 cap-applying heads for different sized bottles and jars. It is thus possible, with one machine, to cap bottles andjjars ofdif- .ferent sizes, by merely turning the capping member to a position to bring a selected head over the bottle or jar to be capped, and then exerting the necessary pressure upon it by my improved cam means.

My bottle-capping device is particularly adapted for use in connection with the cold- 7 pack process of canning, wherein a bottle or jar is placed in hot water, with its, cap

thereon water-tight, but not air-tight. Temporary and permanent capping heads may be. carried by my rotatable member, where- .by one head may be used to apply a cap on a bottle or jar in a temporary or water-tlght manner, after which the member may be rotated to bring over the bottle or jar, when the canning operation is completed, a head that will make the water-tight cap, airis a side elevational view of my improved bottle-capping device, Figure '2 is atop plan view of the same. Figure 3 is ahorizontal sectional view on the line 33 of V Figure 1 Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view on the linev 44 of Figure 2, showing the rotatable bottle capping means. Figure.

5 Ba vertical sectional view on the line 55 V of Figure 1. Figure 6 is a side elevational view of an annular capping member, carrying heads for temporarily and permanently capping bottles and jars in the cold-pack process of canning. And Figure 7 is a top plan view of one of the temporary capping ea-ds.

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Figure 3.)

Referring to the accompanying drawings, the numeral 1 designates a base upon the front portion of which a jar 2 is placed, and

which terminates at its rear. end in an u'pright tubular portion '3 which receives a .rod or standard 4: that is firmly held in the latter by a set screw 5. The base 1 may be placed upon a table, stand or other supporting structure. (See Figureyl.)

Vertically movable along the rod 4; is an elongated slide 6 adapted to be firmly held n an ad usted position by set screws 7', 7.

The slide 6 has a pairof. outwardly projectmg lntegral arms 8, 8 which are-oppositely curved near their inner ends to form an elrate teon r. 25, 1 922.

PATENT IOFFICQEQ" liptical opening or clearancebetween them for a purpose to be hereinafter described. (See Figure 2.) v

Secured between the front ends of the arms 8, 8 of the slide, by means of a pin 9 and a pivot pin 10, is a guide block'll.

The pin lOforms a fulcrum forthe cam extensions 12, 12 of a handle 18, which straddle the front ends of the arms 8,; 8 of the slide 6. These cam extensions! '12. 12 at their rear ends taper into oppositely bulgedl portlons 14, 14 respectively, to provide a spaceor. clearance between them for a pur pose to be hereinafter described. ures 1 and 2.) v

Vertically movable over the guide block 11 between the front ends 8, 8 of the slide 6, is a circular member or cylinder 15 provided with a rectangular slot 16 through which the (See Figguide block 11 loosely projects; This-slot permits the cylinder, 15 to have. a free vup and down movement over the guide block 11 for a, purpose soon to be described. (See Figure 4.) 1

Rotatable aroundthe cylinderlti an anheads -18 that are adaptedto pass through the clearance" spacesbetweenjthe arms 8, 8 and cam extensions 12, 12, above described.

,nular capping-head member 17 provided in I the periphery of which are capapplying These cap applying heads 18 are of different I sizes to cap dilferentsized bottles and, jars.

Oppositely disposed screws 19, 19 are so in-' serted in the cylinder, 15 that their heads perimeter of thela tter to form flanges..be-

tween. which the reduced innerperipheral portion 20 of the capping member 17 moves, to hold the latter on the cylinder.

he cappmg member 1'? is free will project a sufiicient distance-beyond the turned around the cylinder 15, between the screws 19, 19, to bring selected head 18 over the jar 2. The selected head is held in such a position by a pointed stop pin 21 that is pressed outwardly from a hole 22 in the cylinder, into a tapered recess 23in the inner surface of the annular member 17. There are four of these recesses, corresponding in numberv to the. four cap-applying headslS, whereby, when a selected head 18 is in its proper position over the jar 2, the stop pin 21 will be projected into one of these recesses 23 by a spring 24 in the hole 22. (See Figures 3 and 4:.)

hen a selectedhead 18 is held in its proper position over the jar 2, said head may be depressed with suflicient force over the cap 25 of the jar 2 by the following means, to apply said cap firmly to the jar. Referring to Figures 1 and 5, there is socured in" the lower portion of the cylinder 15, a transverse spindle 26 whose ends prorolls 27, 27 to force-the cylinder '15 and the annular capping member 17 downwardly with sufficient force to cause the selected capapplying head 18 on the latter to apply the cap 25 to the jar. The block 11, which projects through the slot 16 in the cylinder 15, guides the latter during its downward move ment, and also during its upward move ment when returned to its normal position by a spring 28 whose upper end rests in a hole in the cylinder and whose lower end rests in a hole in the block. (See Figures 4 and 5.) V

In Figure 6 I have'shown an annular cap-- ping member 17 provided in its periphery with heads 29 for temporarily applying caps on bottles and jars during the cold-pack process of canning, and with heads 30 for permanently applying those caps on said bottles. and jars after the canning operation -is completed. The heads29, which diiier only in size, have bosses 31 on their inner surfaces to engage the bottle or jar cap in such a manner that it will be made watertight thereon, and not air-tight. Thereat ter," when the cold-pack operations are completed, the annular head 17. may be rotated to a position wherein a head 30, corresponding in size to the head 29 which has been orjar. In operation, a bottle or ar is placed upon I the front-portion of the base 1 and the annular member 17 rotated about the cylinder 15 to a position to bring aselected head 18 over said bottle or jar. The recesses 23 are shallow enough to permit the stop pin 21 to be pushed inwardly when a slight initial "force is applied to the annular member 17 to start its rotation. JV hen the selected head 18 is in its proper position over the top of the bottle or jar to becapped, the outer end of the pin 21'will enter one ofthe recesses 23 to hold it in such a position. The jar 2, which is the object to be capped in Figure 1, is then adjusted on the. base so that. it will have a position directly under the selected head 18. The slide 6 is then set' at that point on the rod 4: which will bring the arrow 32 on the slide in'approximately the same horizontal plane as the top of the jar; Pressure is then applied to the handle 13, whereupon the cam extensions 12, 12

thereon willforce the cap-applying head 18 downwardly to apply the 'cap 25 firmly on the top of the jar; Thereafter, when pressure is released on the handle, the spring 28 will return the capping means to their normal position. 1

It is thus seenthat my inventionprovides a selective capping mechanism by means of which bottles or jars of various sizes may be readily and efficiently capped with one machine.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. In a bottle capping device, the combination with pressure means, of a temporarycapping head, a permanent-capping head, and a movable member on which said heads are mounted, to bring, first the temporarycapping head and then the permanent-capping head to a position to be actuated by said pressure means. j

2. Ina bottle capping device, the combination with a pressure member, oftemporary-capping heads, permanent-capping heads, and a rotatable member on which said temporary and permanent .capping heads are alternately mounted, to bring them successively to a position under the pressure member, for the purpose'specified. 1

3. In a bottle capping device, the combination with pressure means, of a verticallybe forced downwardly by said pressure means, an annular head rotatable around said cylinder, and a series of cap-applying heads off diflerent'sizes carried by said an nularhead, for the purpose specified.

'movable, non-rotatable cylinder adapted to 4.1n a bottle capping device, the combination with a standard, of a vertically adjustable slide thereon, a horizontalyoke extension on said slide, a guide block secured in said yoke extension, a cylinder having a vertical slot to receive said guide block, vertically movable through said yoke extension, an annular master head rotatable around said cylinder, a series of cap-applyingheads carriedby said master head, side projections "on said cylinder, a pressure handle, and a' pair of cam extensions on said handle, pivotally secured to said yoke extension, for engagement with the side projections on the cylinder, to force the latter, and said master head, downwardly When the handle is depressed, for the purpose specified.

5. In'a bottle capping device, the combination with a standard, of a vertically adjustable slide thereon, a horizontal extension on said slide, a guide secured in said extension, a cylinder having a vertical opening to receive said guide, vertically movable through said extension, an annular master head rotatable around said cylinder, a series cured to said horizontal extension, for engagement with said cylinder, to force the latter and said master head downwardly, for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 20th da of January, 1921. HOM R H. WAMPLER. Witness:

HOWARD P. SMITH. 

